Official: Sylvinho coaches the Albanian national team, Zabaleta serves as an assistant

January 3rd, the Albanian Football Association officially announced that it has reached an agreement with Brazilian coach Sylvinho.
Became the head coach of the Albanian national team.

Sylvinho will replace the Italian coach Eddie Rea who has been in charge for three and a half years and become the new head coach of the Albanian national team. His assistants include former Argentine star Zabaleta and another Brazilian Dori
Val-Guidoni.

Sylvinho’s coaching staff signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with the Albanian Football Association. The final salary of the contract will depend on the record of the national team. The only goal of Sylvinho’s tenure is to lead the team in 2024.
In the 2008 European Cup qualifiers, reached the final European Cup finals.
If this goal can be achieved, Sylvinho’s coaching staff will be rewarded heavily.

The 48-year-old Sylvinho has a very rich resume both as a player and as a coach.
After retiring in 2010, he worked as an assistant coach in Brazilian clubs such as Cruzeiro, Recife Sports, Nautica and Corinthians, and then entered the coaching team of Inter Milan and the Brazilian national team.
Before coaching the Albanian national team, Sylvinho served as the head coach of Lyon and Corinthians.

(albanian)